No Land more Beautiful - Father’s War, My Nazis and German Culture
A reflection on identity and memory and a call to engage!
Peter Jordan, born in 1967, describes himself as someone who thinks about WW II and the Shoah every single day. As an actor and public figure, he continues to grapple with his relationship to German culture - a struggle that began in his youth, when everything “German” felt suspicious, stale, and burdened by history.
But the birth of his child changed everything. Suddenly, the need arose to name and pass on what is one’s own. This is a deeply personal narrative that speaks directly to our times. As the question of what Germany is (and what it might become) is increasingly contested by far-right movements and debated internationally, Jordan offers a fearless and intimate response.
- Award-winning actor on his relationship with Germany and German culture
- The legacy of more than one generation: being German in the shadow of the war and the Holocaust
- Peter Jordan stars as one of the accused in the film 'Nuremberg', out in autumn 2025
Peter Jordan, born in 1967 in Dortmund, first studied medicine and then between 1991 and 1994, studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. Numerous engagements at various renowned theatres in Germany followed. Furthermore, he has starred in numerous film and TV productions. In 2003, he was awarded the Advancement Award of the Akademie der Künste in the context of the Kunstpreise Berlin (Berlin Art Prize). Since 2009, Peter Jordan has lived and worked in Berlin as a freelance actor, director and theatre author.
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